Re: CL progress bar

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the past I have used SNDPGMMSG to put a message at the bottom of the 
screen. In the variable text I simply output a string full of ">" 
characters as I recall. Each time I go to re-display the message, append 
another ">" character to the string before displaying.  I think I 
delayed 2 seconds between but as I was waiting for something in another 
job to finish I had the luxury of simply testing for completion and if 
not done add another character, re-display, wait some more.  If your CL 
is doing the actual work then you can only update the display between 
breaks in that work and since I have no idea what that is, I don't know 
if this technique is useful to you.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis


On 8/29/2011 5:04 PM, Timothy Adair wrote:
> Has anyone found a way to do a simple progress bar in CL?  I have a
> long-running interactive CL (please don't ask why) and I want to keep the
> user informed of the progress.  It could be a bar, or just a simple percent
> count-up.  I've searched the archives and the only thing I found was Booth
> Martin's RPG progress bar.  A neat piece of work but it doesn't fit my
> needs.  I'm currently using ten SNDPGMMSG commands (10%, 20%, etc.)
> sprinkled throughout the code.  Clunky, but somewhat functional.
>
> Maybe I'm dreaming but...
> If CL issues (or receives) a return code for every command executed, is
> there a way to trigger something after each command, regardless of the
> return code?  Pretty vague, I know.  Sorry about that.
>
> As always, any and all responses are appreciated.
>
> ~TA~